WooCommerce Lead Time By Barn2 v2.2.1 - WordPress Plugin

What exactly is a WooCommerce lead time, and why do customers care? Lead time is the processing period between when a customer orders and when you ship their product - it doesn't normally include delivery time. Customers hate uncertainty. When they can't find out how long they'll wait for their order, they often abandon their cart or flood your inbox with "Where's my order?" emails.

By displaying lead times clearly, you set the right expectations upfront. A customer who knows their custom furniture takes 3 weeks to build won't email you after 3 days asking where it is. They'll happily wait because they knew what to expect when they ordered. The WooCommerce Lead Time WordPress plugin automatically displays these waiting times throughout your store.

They appear on product pages, in the cart, at checkout, and in order emails. No more guessing games for your customers. Can I show the lead time depending on the stock status? Stock-based lead times automatically display different WooCommerce lead times when products are in stock, out of stock, or on backorder. Just add a WooCommerce lead time for the product, and choose whether you want it to appear for In Stock, Out of Stock or On Backorder products.

If you choose Out of Stock and/or Backorder, then no lead time will appear for In Stock items. When they go out of stock, the lead time message will appear automatically. WooCommerce Lead Time also has an option to set a different lead time for each stock status. For example, you might want to set a lead time of "1 working day" for In Stock products, and a lead time of "2 weeks" for On Backorder products.

When stock runs out, the lead time message will automatically change so that customers always know what to expect. Can I set global, category, product, AND variation lead times? Yes - you can use all the different lead time options together. The plugin contains advanced logic to ensure that if more than one lead time applies, then it will always show the most appropriate lead time.

For example: If a global lead time is set, then this will only be used for categories and products that do not have their own lead times. The category lead time will override the global lead time, and will only appear on products that do not have individual lead times. A product lead time overrides the global and category lead times. An individual variation lead time will override all the above.

Can the plugin calculate the lead time dynamically? The WooCommerce Lead Time plugin comes with two types of product lead time: Static lead times - You add some fixed text to display on the page. For example, if you add a static lead time of "5 days" then "5 days" will always appear. This is the best option if your products always have consistent lead times.

Dynamic lead times - You set a date when the product will become available, and the plugin automatically calculates the WooCommerce lead time based on this date. For example, if you have ordered stock to arrive on 30th November and it is currently 10th November then the lead time will be displayed as "10 days". This is the best option if a product is due to arrive on a particular date, after which it will become available.

You can use a combination of static and dynamic lead times for different products and stock statuses. Can I combine the lead time with the delivery timescale? Yes, you can combine lead times with delivery dates using by using WooCommerce Lead Time with Iconic's WooCommerce Delivery Slots plugin. The two plugins work together automatically: WooCommerce Lead Time displays the processing time on product pages.

WooCommerce Delivery Slots adds this lead time to calculate available delivery dates. Customers can only select delivery slots after the longest lead time for the products in their cart. For example, if a cart contains products with 7-day and 14-day lead times, then customers can only choose delivery slots 14+ days in the future. This ensures all products are ready before the delivery date.

This combination is perfect for stores that want to show both lead times and delivery dates. It gives customers complete visibility of when they'll receive their order. Can I show the lead time outside of the single product page? WooCommerce Lead Time can show lead times on the single product page, shop page, products categories, cart, checkout, order details page, and order confirmation emails.

You can easily show or hide the product lead time for each of these locations. It also comes with a lead time block. Use this if you're using blocks to create product lists and want to include the lead time on these pages. For even more ways to display lead times, you can use WooCommerce Lead Time alongside our other plugins: Combine WooCommerce Lead Time with our WooCommerce Product Table plugin to list products anywhere on your site, complete with lead time column.

You can use product tables to list products on any page or post, or on shop and product category pages. Use WooCommerce Lead Time with WooCommerce Quick View Pro to show lead times within a product lightbox, which can be accessed from the shop page, category archive pages, or related products. Install WooCommerce Fast Cart to allow customers to quickly complete their order in a popup cart and checkout, complete with lead time information.

Use our developer documentation to programmatically display lead times anywhere you like. Will it work with my theme & other plugins? We have tested WooCommerce Lead Time with a range of free and premium themes and are confident it will look great with your theme. Our plugin support includes helping with theme-related conflicts. The product lead time plugin uses your existing fonts and we have styled it to look good with most themes.

By default, the lead time is styled in a generic dark grey - you can change this using the color picker on the plugin settings page. It appears within the stock element on the single product page (including for products where you're not managing stock), ensuring the correct spacing in all themes. Since WooCommerce Lead Time simply displays the lead time within the stock part of the single product page, it will work with most 3rd party plugins.

It is fully compatible with all Barn2 plugins, and most plugins from other companies. Does it work in my language? WooCommerce Lead Time is designed to work with any WordPress translation plugin such as WPML, WeGlot and TranslatePress. This makes it easy for you to translate the lead time text into any language and use it on multilingual websites.

What are the minimum requirements for running the plugin? WooCommerce Lead Time is fully tested with the latest versions of WordPress and WooCommerce. We always recommend running the most up-to-date version, but we also support older installations: WooCommerce 7.2 or greater (tested to 10.4.3)WordPress 6.1 or greater (tested to 6.9)PHP 7.4 or greater (tested to 8.5)MySQL 5.7.8 or greater / MariaDB 10.3 or greater